The teenager pleaded guilty today to offering to supply cocaine to the under cover officer on July 21 and being in possession of both cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply when he was arrested on 2 Sept.

He was caged for 12 months at Gloucester Crown Court today.

The boy had committed the offences within weeks of receiving a referral order and an unpaid work order from youth justices in Cheltenham for offences of burglary and affray.

Judge Jamie Tabor QC told him that his young age could not save him from a custodial sentence for the drugs offences because they were too serious.

The court heard how he was part of a cocaine gang busted by cops under Operation Emperor.